Sachin Tendulkar is back in the top 20 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after a memorable trip to Bangladesh.

The 34-year-old batsman scored a century in each match, at Chittagong and Mirpur, compiling 254 runs at an average of 127.

It marks a significant return to form for the 'Little Master' of Mumbai and moved him up six places to 15th position in the rankings.

With 672 ratings points, Tendulkar has Stephen Fleming of New Zealand and England's Paul Collingwood in his sights, although he is a long way off his own career-best rating of 898, set in 2002.

It was a good series for India's bowlers too, with Anil Kumble moving up to third in the rankings for Test bowlers. Kumble is now level with South Africa's Shaun Pollock and is just ahead of Shane Bond of New Zealand and Australia's Stuart Clark.

Left-arm opening bowler Zaheer Khan also did well for India, claiming eight wickets at an average of 21.88.

In the first innings of the second Test at Mirpur, he took 5-34, helping to set up victory for his side.

As a result, he moved up five places to 24th in the rankings and is closing in on Andre Nel of South Africa and New Zealand's Chris Martin just ahead of him.

Muttiah Muralidaran is still on top of the rankings for Test bowlers, followed in second place by Makhaya Ntini of South Africa with Kumble and Pollock joint third.

In Player Rankings for Test batsmen Australia captain Ricky Ponting leads from Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf in second spot and England's Kevin Pietersen third.

Following his double century during the second Test against the West Indies at Headingley, Pietersen became just the 21st batsman in history to achieve a rating in excess of 900 points.

There was a big move for England's wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior, who scored a century on his Test debut at Lord's recently. He followed it up with 75 in the second Test at Headingley and has moved up 15 places to 60 overall.

India is fourth of the LG ICC Test Championship and is now just one ratings point behind Pakistan in third position. Australia still tops the list, well clear of England in second position.

LG ICC Test Championship (as at 29 May, after matches at Mirpur and Headingley)

Rank   Team               Rating

1          Australia           135

2          England            114

3          Pakistan           108

4          India                 107

5          Sri Lanka         102

6          South Africa     102

7          New Zealand    93

8          West Indies      72

9          Zimbabwe        28

10        Bangladesh       1

Test Player Rankings (as at 29 May, after matches at Mirpur and Headingley)

Batsmen

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points    Ave         HS Ranking

   1           ( - )          Ricky Ponting       Aus        936          59.29      942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006

   2           ( - )          Mhd Yousuf         Pak          915          56.00      933 v WI at Karachi 2006

   3           ( - )          Kevin Pietersen    Eng         909          54.40      909 v WI at Leeds 2007

   4           ( - )          K.C.Sangakkara    SL           857          50.64      857 v NZ at Wellington 2006

   5           ( - )          Mike Hussey        Aus        842*       79.85      842 v Eng at Sydney 2007

   6           ( - )          Matthew Hayden Aus        828          53.00      935 v Eng at Brisbane 2002

   7           ( - )          Jacques Kallis       SA          820          55.09      896 v Eng at Cape Town 2005

   8           ( - )          Rahul Dravid         Ind          801          57.46      892 v Pak at Kolkata 2005

   9           ( - )          Younis Khan         Pak          789          48.21      856 v Eng at Leeds 2006

  10          ( - )          Ashwell Prince     SA          755          42.85      756 v Pak at Centurion 2007

  11          ( - )          Inzamam-ul-Haq   Pak          735          50.07      870 v Eng at Lahore 2005

  12          ( - )          M.Jayawardene    SL           710          48.37      836 v Eng at Birmingham 2002

  13          ( - )          P.D.Collingwood  Eng         694          44.16      730 v Aus at Adelaide 2006

  14          (+2)         Stephen Fleming  NZ          674          39.64      702 v Ban at Chittagong 2004

  15=        (+6)         S.R.Tendulkar       Ind          672          55.44      898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002

                (+2)         Graeme Smith        SA          672          47.08      756 v NZ at Wellington 2004

  17          (-2)          Andrew Strauss   Eng         664          42.26      769 v SA at Johannesburg 2005

  18          ( - )          Adam Gilchrist      Aus        662          48.66      874 v SA at Cape Town 2002

  19          (-5)          Ian Bell                   Eng         658         44.48      679 v WI at Lord's 2007

  20          ( - )          Michael Clarke      Aus        657         42.00      692 v Eng at Perth 2006

Bowlers

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points    Ave         HS Ranking

   1           ( - )          M.Muralidaran     SL           913          21.73      915 v Pak at Lahore 2002

   2           ( - )          Makhaya Ntini      SA          856          27.48      863 v Ind at Durban 2006

   3=         (+1)         Anil Kumble          Ind          730          28.59      859 v SL at Bangalore 1994

                ( - )          Shaun Pollock       SA          730          23.19      909 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999

   5           ( - )          Shane Bond          NZ          722*       22.10      778 v WI at Auckland 2006

   6           ( - )          Stuart Clark           Aus        720*       17.80      720 v Eng at Sydney 2007

   7           (+1)         Mohammad Asif  Pak          710*       20.12      710 v SA at Cape Town 2007

   8           (-1)          M'thew Hoggard Eng         708          30.30      795 v SL at Birmingham 2006

   9           (+2)         Shoaib Akhtar      Pak          698          25.29      855 v NZ at Wellington 2003

  10          (-1)          Andrew Flintoff    Eng         694          32.02      810 v Pak at Multan 2005

  11          (-1)          Corey Collymore  WI          687*       31.86      700 v Eng at Lord's 2007

  12          ( - )          Chaminda Vaas     SL           663          29.44      800 v Ind at Chennai 2005

  13          ( - )          Danish Kaneria     Pak          662          32.36      723 v Eng at Multan 2005

  14          ( - )          Brett Lee                Aus        644          31.60      658 v WI at Perth 2000

  15          ( - )          James Franklin      NZ          637*       28.19      679 v SL at Christchurch 2006

  16          ( - )          Irfan Pathan          Ind          618*       30.79      761 v SL at Delhi 2005

  17          ( - )          Umar Gul                Pak          608*       30.62      627 v WI at Karachi 2006

  18          ( - )          Steve Harmison    Eng         604          30.77      875 v WI at The Oval 2004

  19          (-1)          Daniel Vettori        NZ          598          34.28      681 v Aus at Auckland 2000

  20          ( - )          Stuart MacGill       Aus        593          27.20      728 v WI at Kingston 1999

All-rounders

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points                    HS Ranking

   1           ( - )          Jacques Kallis       SA          462                         616 v Pak at Durban 2002

   2           ( - )          Andrew Flintoff    Eng         399                         501 v Pak at Multan 2005

   3           ( - )          Shaun Pollock       SA          356                         490 v Eng at The Oval 2003

   4           ( - )          Daniel Vettori        NZ          329                         329 v SL at Wellington 2006

   5           ( - )          Chaminda Vaas     SL           253                         281 v Ind at Chennai 2005

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.